Garment supporter



Nov. 30,1926. 1,609,212 J. R. SMITH GARMEN'l" sUPfoRTER Filed Fem 18, 192e gru/vento@ 1226@ R, Swim' @Wah vf'/ l l ,/1 I f l Patented Nov. 30, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT JESSE R. SMITH, 0F WHITE HALL,'I'LL1NOIS, ASSIGNOR O F ONE-FOURTH flQ JOI-INV R. MGONATI-IY AND ONE-FOURTH TO.EDWARD M. `WALLIS, BOTH OF ROODHOUSE,

rLLmoIs.

f GARMENT Application fled February garment supporters and nierepertieuleriy te an improvement iof `garment supporters of the type illustrated in rey. prier ,Patent .NQ- 5 1,387,912, granted '.Allgllsstxl., 192.1 f0.1? garfmentsupporters.

VIn the construction of the patent above referred te., ,au elestie butter engegiis ,Sep- Porty ie Previded in wlrieh the elastieity et the cerneation isprevided by the button receving element. In this structure, however.4 the button reeeiving loop is formed from a single piece of materiel end is eeedrdiusly substantially rigid arid if designed ier 011e size K0;:1? hutten will not eeeeiiiiredete but-tene other sizes andrriantein their iii their applied position. nA n important object of .this @im/entier is te ined-,rfv the 'Strueture shown in this patent so that a .single oonstruetion of the resilient supporter, isuch Ias illustrated in :this Prier patent, may be Yad apteil for use with y all ysize gef buttons ordinerilv employed with ererelle ter use in connection with which the device is primelrily intended.

,A lfrueher :end more A.Speel-fie Object of A,the

.invention -i-s to ,provide abutton receiving loop and (resilient elastle pconneetlon lie,- tweenv this ,button receiving loopr tand the oulder (or similar Vstrap of the :garment providing means for partiallylosing ,the .upper end ef the butt- 0n receiving .leer Whiehfis yieldable to permit .the `passegeof ythe shank of the bultOn land thus Ipermit the lbutton te `,e .1ir ese in the ,leop-v A further object of the invention is toimf prove the linaniier er :attaching the resilient `'connection of the type illustrated in my prior patentto :the strapiof the garment.

f llhese ,ond other ,objeets AI attain hy the i uetruetien Shown the .eeeeiiipenyns drawings, Wherein ffer the :purpeee (0f .illustration is .shown a' preferred ieifnbodinnent .of .my `invention `and ,Whereinezf- Figure g1 is a .side elevation of agar/nient pporter ineluding 4a ylouttonengaging l elip and support ftherefor 1eonstmieted` in accord- .anee with my invention FigureQ :is .a vewfshowingrthereverse side SUPPORTER. i

1e, ieee. seria; No, 389,171,

of the vstructure of Figure 1 end illustratin e Suprertirlg Clip in the pesitieri which' it assumes under tension; i' V Figure 3 is a sectional viery the vholding bali; l l b Figure e is e :91er` View et the heldirs ar. v

Referring rieaW mere particularly te the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates' va substantiaIly. l1-shaped ,button receiving loop, the .upper ends of the .arms of which are provided With aligning eyes'll. A support for :this loop is providedcompirising ,a bight 1 2 having depending .arme 13 `Whiehfeonverge toward their Jfree ends and are there provided with eyes 14 arranged in the general plane of the loop. 'Ifhe lower .portions of these eyes are relatively dat, es indicated fat 15,'and .extend through the eyes 11 of the huttonlreoeiviing loop 10, VThe hight l2 and its arms 13 are formed of 1resilient material and the lower ends of the arms are normally spaced to suh an extent that the-.eyes 11 are enge-sed et the .Outer extremities efy the Eeyes .il A:me seemingly ,che meer extremities er .the `eyes 14 overlie the bight 16 of the ,but :ton receiving loop in onfronting ,relation theretoy and lterid @te -erisese aesinet end rre- -vent Withdrawal o l'a button shank from ,this loop. Since, however7 the arms 13 are resilient, .the button sha-nl; S may be removed from this loop ,by :the application of a slight `upward pressure .to the button and the hutiton body B may pass through the space .loetnieen v the arms 13 at the upper ends there- ,o NVhen the .button shankfhes passed, the garnis VWill again spring,r together so that ,the .eyes kagain Confront the .hightof the button receiving loop 16.

1With a hutten loop support of this chareeter, Tl employ resilient arms 17 of the type illustra-ted in the prior patent above mentioned Vand these arms, in order that they -may have the proper resilieney7 .are attached teken through to .thegarms 13 vadjacent ,the Vlower ends thereof. A convenientrmethod of providing this attachment'is illustrated in the aecom `panying.drawings .Whereinthe upper ends of the eye portions `are continued Ato form the arms 17. From the eye portions, the lower ends of the resilient arms 17 diverge upwardly with substantially the same degree of divergence as the arms 13 of the U as illustrated at 18. The upper ends of these divergent lower portions are bent inwardly toward one another, as at 19, and from the inner ends of the inbent portions again diverge upwardly and outwardly, as at 20. The upper ends of the upwardly and outwardly diverging portions are provided with enlargements 21, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The numeral 22 designates a supporting bar which isprovided centrally with a vertical slot 23 and one side wall of the bar has a diagonally disposed slot 24 which communicates with the slot 23 and of such size that the portions QOof the arms 17 may be inserted into the slot 23 therethrough. This diagonal slot communicates with the slot 23 at a point intermediate its ends and when the arms 17 are inserted therein, they will, by reason of their resiliency, separate to opposite ends of the slot so that they do not align with the slot 24 and will not accidentally pass therethrough. The bar 22 is arranged within the loop 25 usually provided in garment straps for Vthe connection of similarfastenings and is supported by the bight 26 of this loop. The bight Q6 has formed therein an opening 27 through which the arms 17 may first be inserted. After the arms have been inserted through the opening 27, they are passed through the slot .f2-l and the attachment is in applied position.

As in my prior patent, if any strain is applied to a button engaged with the loop 16, the downward movement of the loop will cause the arms 17 to be drawn through the slot 23 of the bar 20 and because these arms diverge and areresilient, they will yieldably resist such downward movement. Then the st-rain is relieved, the arms will move upwardly through the slot and will normally occupy a. position, such as shown in solid lines in Figure 1. It is pointed out that as the upper ends 21 of the arms 17 approach one another when Vthey are drawn into the channel 23, the tension applied will cause the lower ends of the arms 21 to tendto separate. This results in the loops or eyes la being forced apart. It will, therefore, be obvious that by grasping the support and drawing the same downwardly, the eyes 14 are automatically separated so that a button may be readily disengaged from the button receiving loop 16. lt will also be obvious that these resilient eyes 14 will serve not only to permit the passage into the button receivingloop of buttons of varyingsizes, but will also act to prevent accidental disengagement of the button from the loop.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is obviously capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of the invention, I do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim 1. In a garment supporter, a substantially U-shaped button receiving loop having eyes at the upper ends of the arms thereof and a support therefor comprising a bight having at the ends thereof arms which converge toward their free ends, the free ends of the arms having out-turned portions directed through the eyes of the button receiving loop and being normally spaced from one another a distance such that the eyes of the button receiving loop are engaged with said outturned portions adjacent the outer ends thereof, the free ends of the out-turned portions being continued to provide upwardly extending arms, the upper ends of which diverge from one another and a strap engaging element having an opening through which said arms are directed, said support and arms being formed of resilient material.

2. In a garment supporter, a substantially U-shaped button receiving loop having eyes at the upper ends of the arms thereof and a support therefor comprising a bight having at the ends thereof arms which converge toward their free ends, the free ends of the arms having out-turned portions directed through the eyes of the button receiving loop and being normally spaced from one another a distance such that the eyes of the button receiving loop are engaged with said out-turned portions adjacent the outer ends thereof, the free ends of the out-turned portions being continued to provide u wardly extending arms, the upper ends of w ich diA verge from one another and a strap engaging element having an opening through which said arms are directed, said support and arms being formed of resilient material, said strap engaging element having a diagonally disposed slot through the side wall thereof and communicatin with said opening intermediate the ends tghereof to thereby permit insertion of the arms into the openings.

3. In a garment supporter, a substantially U-shaped button receiving loop having eyes at the upper ends of the arms thereof anda support therefor including resilient arms having their lower ends engaged in said eyes and including portions projecting over and partially obstructing the mouth of the button receiving loop, said portions being transversely shiftable in the eyes of the button receiving loopV to permit unobstructed passage of a button thereto and means shifting the portions transversely within the eyes upon the application of strain to said loop.

4;. In a garment supporter, a substantially U-shaped button receiving loop having eyes at the upper ends of the arms thereof and a support therefor including resilient arms having their lower ends engaged in said eyes and including portions projecting over and partially obstructing the mouth of the button receiving loop, a pair of resilient arms connected with the first named arms immediately adjacent the lower ends thereof and 10 In testimonyT whereof I hereunto affixrmy 15 signature.

JESSE R. SMITH. 

